Former Chennai Super Kings player Subramaniam Badrinath praised the Kolkata Knight Riders for their auction picks. After winning the championship in the 2024 season, KKR has had a disappointing 2025 season. While batting was an issue for the side, bowling, apart from Varun Chakarvarthy and Sunil Narine, others could not have had a similar impact as they had in the 2024 season. But in the 2026 auction, KKR has strengthened their bowling with the likes of Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman. “They’ve done really well at the auction. And Pathirana was at his best with Bravo in CSK. That might make a difference. The biggest positive for them is that they are the best bowling attack among the ten teams. They’ve some of the best T20 bowlers in the world,” said Badrinath on Star Sports. “Maybe once they picked up Pathirana, they could have let go of Mustafizur and picked a batter instead, especially without Andre Russell. They could have gone for Sarfaraz Khan or some young Indian batter. Apart from that, definitely a great …